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Critics of Israel won battleground races and safe Democratic seats alike. Jeffries and Schumer now face the task of leading a party increasingly willing to restrict U.S. support for Israel
From Washington to Europe, Israel's international standing is deteriorating. This, too, is why Israel cannot afford to leave Netanyahu in power
The Israeli brand has collapsed in America, even if Trump is trying to reassure that Israel's a 'very successful country.' And a Democratic midterm takeover is likely to lead to stricter scrutiny over arms sales to Israel
U.S. intelligence agencies have long tracked Iran's chemical-weapons research, but officials remain divided over whether Tehran would ever use such weapons. Israel has also shared its assessments with Gulf states, which were met with skepticism
The cutoff comes years sooner than Netanyahu proposed, but it fits his vision of a 'Super Sparta' Israel – one that buys its own weapons and develops new ones in partnership with the United States
Trump called Israel 'a very successful country' that no longer needs American assistance. Netanyahu said in May that he wanted to gradually phase out U.S. military aid over the next decade
From Michigan to Texas, voters will decide whether Democrats can take control of Congress, check Trump in his final two years and reshape U.S. policy on Israel
From Brad Lander to Jeremy Moss, the likely new cohort of Jewish lawmakers reflect the widening spectrum of opinion on Israel within the Democratic Party, and could play a role in efforts to restrict arms transfers and sanction West Bank violence
Ahead of his Tel Aviv concerts, Boy George met President Isaac Herzog and Hamas captivity survivor Elkana Bohbot, speaking about his support for Israel and the personal cost of taking a public stand
Stevens and Abdul El-Sayed have clashed over Israel and antisemitism since he defeated her in Michigan's Democratic Senate primary. On Sunday, she appeared alongside GOP nominee Mike Rogers ahead of Tuesday's election
One Houston voter left the Senate race blank. Another voted Republican for Senate for the first time. But for some younger Jewish Texans, Talarico's call to halt offensive weapons sales to Israel is a reason to back him
The rift between the two countries has deepened after Azerbaijani President Aliyev snubbed the Organization of Turkic States summit in Ankara. Coupled with its close ties to Israel, the move underscores Baku's determination to assert its independence
Demonstrations demanding a united government with Arab parties were held in Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, Haifa and northern Israel, as right-wing pro-Netanyahu demonstrators rallied against cooperation with Arab parties and called for new elections
An ad blaming Israel for grocery prices reignites the dispute between the two Michigan Democrats, with Haley Stevens' fiancé publicly backing Republican Mike Rogers days before the vote
The most patriotic and Zionist of actions are often those that demand accountability for injustice. The Senate nominee's Israel policy is therefore what pro-democracy Zionism demands
Jared Moskowitz and Republican Scott Singer are vying to prove their pro-Israel credentials in a heavily Jewish swing district. For some progressive Jews, backing the Democrat means swallowing their misgivings
The thing is, Israel is not a normal country, and the worst thing is that we've normalized the abnormal situation. Israel does not have a parliamentary democracy or a presidential democracy. It has a racist democracy
Connie Chan's support for an arms embargo and Palestinian refugees' right of return has helped Scott Wiener retain Jewish establishment support, despite calling the Gaza war genocide and backing a ban on offensive weapons sales to Israel
Exit polls predicted six to seven seats for the party, and at headquarters, they couldn't hide their disappointment for long. 'The people of Israel are stupid,' Ben-Gvir's aide said, but quickly corrected himself: 'I'm sure we'll win in the end'
Independent experts commissioned by the UN charged that Israel has committed war crimes and crimes against humanity in the West Bank, 'intentionally targeting Palestinian civilians as it continues to commit genocide in Gaza'
